Alegeh emerges new NBA President Nigerian Lawyers all over the federation, yesterday, elected Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN, as the new national president of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA. Alegeh who is from the Benin branch of the NBA, polled 691 votes to defeat Mr. Oladele Adeshina, SAN, who came 2nd in the electoral contest having polled a total of 370 votes. Whereas Mrs. Olufunke Adekoya, SAN, who also vied for the position, got 255 votes, two other contenders, Chief Adeniyi Akintola, SAN, and Mr. Osas Erhabor polled 126 and 17 votes respectively. Likewise, Mr. Afam Osigwe was yesterday elected to take over from Mr. Emeka Obegolu as the General Secretary of the association. Meanwhile, the new NBA executives will officially assume office on August 29 when the two years tenure of the current leadership of the association under Chief Okey Wali, SAN, will lapse. The election which was conducted amidst tight security, had a total of 1728 registered delegates and 1482 accredited voters. Others equally elected yesterday were Taiwo Obayemi Taiwo (Vice President), Francis Ekwere (1st Vice President), Taiwo Obayemi Taiwo (2nd Vice President), Akintokunbo Oluwole (3rd Vice President), Amina Mustapha (Treasurer), Gbolahan Gbadamosi (Publicity Secretary), Olatunji Salawu (1st Assistant secretary), Nwaeke Ephraim Adimabua (2nd Assistant Secretary), Adebisi Ayeni Enoch (Legal Adviser), Alabelewe Masud (Welfare Officer), Ezinwa Kelvin (Financial Secretary) and Cecilia Ugboji (Assistant Financial Secretary). In his inaugural speech, Alegeh, SAN, who is now the 27th national president of the NBA, vowed to tackle the issue of corruption as well as to fight for the improvement of the welfare of lawyers in Nigeria.
Posted on: Tue, 15 Jul 2014 19:55:51 +0000
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